Kelso, New Zealand
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Kelso is a former town in Otago, New Zealand, located ten kilometres north of Tapanui on the Crookston Burn, close to its junction with the larger Pomahaka River. The town was abandoned in the 1980s a
The Kelso Monument, showing flood levels; an old railway shed in the background
1956 aerial view of Kelso
Ghost town
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A ghost town, deserted city, extinct town, or abandoned city is an abandoned or largely depopulated human settlement that usually contains substantial, visible remaining buildings and infrastructure,
Plymouth, Montserrat is the only ghost town that is the capital of a modern political territory. It was rendered uninhabitable and evacuated in 1995 after being inundated with volcanic ash from the eruption of the Soufrière Hills Volcano.
Nature slowly reclaiming the ruins in Aghdam (2010)
Rafah, destroyed (2025)
As farms industrialise, smaller farms are no longer economically viable, leading to rural decay.